Cornelis de Witt (pronunciation; 15 June 1623 – 20 August 1672) was a Dutch politician and naval commander of the Golden Age. During the First Stadtholderless...
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referred to as the Dutch Golden Age. De Witt was elected Grand pensionary of Holland, and together with his uncle Cornelis de Graeff, he controlled the Dutch...
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and Cornelis de Witt hanging upside down on the Groene Zoodje, the place of execution in front of the Gevangenpoort in The Hague. The two de Witt brothers...
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(left) and Cornelis de Witt in Dordrecht. Jacob de Witt, painted by Nicolaes Maes in 1657, Dordrechts Museum. Cornelis de Witt, painted by Jan de Baen between...
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October 1694) was one of the leaders of the lynching of Johan de Witt and Cornelis de Witt on 20 August 1672. He was rewarded for this crime with an appointment...
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was the leading Dutch politician Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt. His brother Cornelis de Witt accompanied the fleet to supervise. Peace negotiations had...
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brother of Andries de Witt and the father of Johan and Cornelis de Witt. Jacob was born in Dordrecht and was a member of the patrician De Witt family. He studied...
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politician Cornelis Evertsen (disambiguation) (1610–1666, 1628–1679, 1642–1706), three admirals in the Anglo-Dutch Wars Cornelis de Witt (1623–1672)...
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Col. Cornelis De Witt". The Evening Star. January 19, 1938. p. 12. Retrieved October 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Works by or about Cornelis DeWitt Willcox...
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(1695) of Dordrecht. Johan de Witt married his cousin Wilhelmina de Witt (1671–1701), the daughter of his uncle Cornelis de Witt (1623–1672) en Maria van...
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Brocklebank Hajo Bruins as Cornelis Tromp Jules Croiset Charles Dance as Charles II Lukas Dijkema Roeland Fernhout as Cornelis de Witt Tygo Gernandt as Joseph...
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and that it is their belief that it invalidates their signature. Cornelis de Witt, a Dutch 17th century statesman, was forced to sign the act for the...
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the brothers Cornelis and Andries de Graeff, and in The Hague with the brothers Cornelis and Johan de Witt. Until his death in 1664, De Graeff was Amsterdam's...
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Rampjaar (section Lynching of the De Witt brothers)
the search for scapegoats. In August, Cornelis de Witt, the less gifted and less popular brother of Johan de Witt, was imprisoned in The Hague on suspicion...
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provinces of the Netherlands. The project was at the instigation of Cornelis de Witt moved to the wharf of Goossen Schacks van der Arent in Dordrecht for...
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end of 1674. He was closely involved in the murder of Johan de Witt and Cornelis de Witt in 1672. In 1675, he visited England and was created an English...
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assassinations of Cornelis de Witt and Johan de Witt on 20 August 1672. Luc Panhuysen, De ware vrijheid: De levens van Johan en Cornelis de Witt, hoofdstuk 10-Ten...
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deputy Cornélis Henri de Witt [fr], with whom she had seven children. Their two daughters Henriette and Pauline married the brothers Conrad and Cornélis Henri...
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Pensionary Johan de Witt, of the Dutch Republic, and his brother Cornelis de Witt on 20 August 1672, together with his brother-in-law, Cornelis Tromp. Johan...
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Holland and Zeeland. August 20 – Johan de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland and his brother Cornelis de Witt are killed by an Orangist mob in The Hague...
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images". Portrait of Johan de Witt (1625-72), Grand Pensionary of Holland (c. 1643–1700), copy after Jan de Baen Cornelis de Witt François van Bredehoff Anna...
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historic event: the lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis, considered rebels against the upcoming stadtholder and the...
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Dutch East Indies (VOC) brothers Cornelis de Witt (1623–1672) & Johan de Witt (1625–1672) lynched politicians Laurens de Graaf (ca. 1653–1704) a Dutch pirate...
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was a member of the old Dutch patrician family De Witt. He was the oldest son of Cornelis Fransz de Witt (1545–1622), 16-fold burgomaster of Dordrecht...
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of the States-General of the Netherlands, Cornelis de Witt (the brother of Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt) who bravely remained seated on the main deck...
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lay with the brothers Andries and Cornelis de Graeff, and in The Hague with the brothers Cornelis and Johan de Witt, the leaders of Holland's pro-state...
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(1619–1677), administrator and colonizer of Cape Town Cornelis de Witt (1623–1672), statesman Johan de Witt (1625–1672), statesman William III of Orange (1650–1702)...
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by men such as Cornelis Tromp. It played an important part in the expulsion of the de Witt brothers (Cornelis de Witt and Johan de Witt), which culminated...
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Dordrecht Cornelis de Witt (1623–1672), Dutch politician, brother of Johan Johan de Witt (1625–1672), Grand Pensionary of Holland Johan de Witt Jr. (1662–1701)...
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Ledenberg Jacob de Witt 1650–1672 Johan de Witt Cornelis de Witt Jacob Dircksz de Graeff Cornelis de Graeff Andries de Graeff Andries Bicker Cornelis Bicker Johan...
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